Pepe is the name of
the crystal skull produced under the watchful eye of
Raven in the photos below. This skull debuted in 1988 at the Crystal
Congress held in Los Angeles, California.
Pepe was created by the Master Chinese Carver, Shan Gimn Wang,
now retired. Over 200 hours went into the carving
process. Special tools were manufactured on site to
facilitate the work. The final finish was applied by a
second carver using diamond tipped tools. Previously,
nothing like Pepe had been seen in the crystal skull community.

The pictures below
were taken at Raven's carving studio in Southern California.

This is Pepe in the
rough, a 35 pound block of clear quartz crystal.

Master Carver Shan
Gimn Wang roughing out the stone in preparation for carving.